It is has been a bit of a rough start in New Jersey for the second straight year, as the Devils have stumbled out of the gate a bit and lost their first three games.
The team is in a bit disarray and lack cohesiveness for the most part.
This hasn't exactly been the plan rookie Head Coach John MacLean envisioned to begin his NHL coaching career.
A lot of this can be attributed to the salary cap problems—not just because they were limited to just 15 skaters in Monday's game, but the bigger issue that the team must be dealing with is realizing that someone who is in the locker room will be off the team in the very near future (or once GM Lou Lamoriello is able to clear salary cap space to piece together a full roster).
At some point, you have to be able to know all the pieces of who you are going to battle with for the season and while on a conscious level it may not do a whole lot, it most likely does have an impact at the subconscious level.
A player may not make the same full 60-minute effort or sell himself out as much to win the small battles, and may not even realize that it is happening because of team wide unc ...
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New Jersey Devils: Not Time To Panic After Bad Start
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